N.J.S.A. 23:4-3 — Bag limit for migratory birds to conform to federal regulations

23:4-3. Bag limit for migratory birds to conform to federal regulations It shall be unlawful to capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession in any one day, any wild ducks, geese, brant, sora, woodcock, coots (commonly known as crow duck), rails (including marsh hens and gallinules), Wilson snipe or jacksnipe, except and in accordance with the bag limits fixed for such birds by the regulations of the United States bureau of biological survey, made under the provisions of an act of congress relating to migratory birds, under a penalty of twenty dollars for each offense.

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